% x = blk2vec(X,nL)
%
% Converts a block diagonal matrix into a vector.
%
% **********  INTERNAL FUNCTION OF FROMPACK  **********

function x = blk2vec(X,nL)

%
% This file is part of SeDuMi 1.1 by Imre Polik and Oleksandr Romanko
% Copyright (C) 2005 McMaster University, Hamilton, CANADA  (since 1.1)
%
% Copyright (C) 2001 Jos F. Sturm (up to 1.05R5)
%   Dept. Econometrics & O.R., Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
%   Supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
%
% Affiliation SeDuMi 1.03 and 1.04Beta (2000):
%   Dept. Quantitative Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
%
% Affiliations up to SeDuMi 1.02 (AUG1998):
%   CRL, McMaster University, Canada.
%   Supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
%
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%
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nblk = length(nL);
sumnk = 0;
x = [];
for k = 1:nblk
    nk = nL(k);
    x = [x; vec(X(sumnk+1:sumnk + nk,sumnk+1:sumnk + nk))] ;
    sumnk = sumnk + nk;
end
